Works, Volume 2J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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Page 14
... as if it had been a bubble left by the Bucentaur . " " The padrone should have been too generous to complain of Pietro's clumsiness , since it met with its own punishment . " " Madre di Dio ! He went to sea that 14 THE BRAVO .
... as if it had been a bubble left by the Bucentaur . " " The padrone should have been too generous to complain of Pietro's clumsiness , since it met with its own punishment . " " Madre di Dio ! He went to sea that 14 THE BRAVO .
Page 21
... Bucentaur is no longer the bravest craft that floats between Dalmatia and the islands , though her gilding may glitter brightest . There are men beyond the pillars of Hercules who are not satisfied with doing all that can be done on ...
... Bucentaur is no longer the bravest craft that floats between Dalmatia and the islands , though her gilding may glitter brightest . There are men beyond the pillars of Hercules who are not satisfied with doing all that can be done on ...
Page 118
... Bucentaur rowed out of the channel of the arsenal , and came sweeping to her station , at the quay of St. Mark . These preliminaries , which occupied some hours , being observed , the javelin - men , and others employ ed about the ...
... Bucentaur rowed out of the channel of the arsenal , and came sweeping to her station , at the quay of St. Mark . These preliminaries , which occupied some hours , being observed , the javelin - men , and others employ ed about the ...
Page 120
... edge of the water , and by the time the Bucentaur had reached the middle of the port , the stream was black with the gondolas that followed in her train . In this manner did the gay and shouting cortège sweep on , 120 THE BRAVO .
... edge of the water , and by the time the Bucentaur had reached the middle of the port , the stream was black with the gondolas that followed in her train . In this manner did the gay and shouting cortège sweep on , 120 THE BRAVO .
Page 121
... Bucentaur had passed the island , long famous for its convent of re- ligious Armenians . Here the movement became slower , in order to permit the thousand gondolas to approach , and then , the whole moved forward , in nearly one solid ...
... Bucentaur had passed the island , long famous for its convent of re- ligious Armenians . Here the movement became slower , in order to permit the thousand gondolas to approach , and then , the whole moved forward , in nearly one solid ...
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Page viii - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land...
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